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Contents | November 2006
From the archives:
"The Talented Mr. Chávez"
(May 2006)
A Castro-loving, Bolivar-worshipping, onetime baseball-player wannabe, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is perhaps the world’s most openly anti-American head of state. With Latin America in the midst of a leftward swing, how dangerous is he?
By Franklin Foer.
"The Price of Power"
(December 1982)
Kissinger, Nixon, and Chile. By Seymour Hersh
"Cuba's Entrepreneurial Socialism"
(January 1997)
Cuba has become a good place to do business—for all but U.S. firms. Our economic embargo hurts not only Cuba but, increasingly, us as well. By Joy Gordon
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The Atlantic Monthly | November 2006
Twilight of the Assassins
(page 1 of 6)
It was the first act of airline terrorism in the Americas: thirty years ago, seventy-three people died in the bombing of a Cuban passenger plane. Now, one alleged mastermind lives freely in Miami, while another awaits trial on other charges in Texas. With Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez insisting the CIA was behind the bombing, why won’t the Bush administration at last resolve enduring suspicions? A tale of thwarted dreams, frustrated justice, and murder in the sky
by Ann Louise Bardach
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| Outside the U.S. mission in Havana in February, protesters memorialize those who died in the Cubana bombing and the Bay of Pigs |
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Luis Posada was arrested and charged with illegal entry in May 2005. He is
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deport, or prosecute him. See two written notes that he sent to Ann Louise Bardach below:
A Note From Luis Posada
Militant Cuban exile Luis Posada discusses his actions, explains his motivations, and advises Ann Louise Bardach on what to write.
Life With Luis Posada
Read a recent letter to Bardach from Posada, along with his answers to her questions on everything from his favorite singers to his thoughts on Cuba after Castro.
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Ann Louise Bardach is the author of Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana and the editor of Cuba: A Traveler’s Literary Companion.
Copyright © 2006 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved.
The Atlantic Monthly; November 2006; Twilight of the Assassins; Volume 298, No. 4; 88-102
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